- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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49 people are interested
SUPPORT AIDS-IMPACTED FAMILIES IN SOUTH AFRICA - HOST EVENTS AT YOUR SCHOOL.
ORGANIZATION: Art AIDS Art
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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49 people are interested
Use your enthusiasm and organizational skills to help change the lives of a community in South Africa. Art Aids Art is launching chapters at college and high school campuses around the country to support a special community center for women impacted by poverty, domestic violence and HIV/AIDS near Cape Town. Preparations for 2013-14 begin during the summer! By attracting your classmates to participate (watching videos, discussing projects, etc) and putting on fundraisers, you will play a role in helping women to help themselves. To date, chapters have hosted beadwork sales, organized doll making projects, collected multicultural children's books and black dolls, led car wash fundraisers, and more. Through photo documentation and blog entries, you will see the center coming to life and the impact it is having. Art Aids Art will provide support to conduct activities and share educational materials so that you can raise awareness among your peers.
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About Art AIDS Art
Location:
2255 N. Lake Ave, rear unit, Contact us to schedule an appointment., Altadena, CA 91001, US
Mission Statement
Art Aids Art, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, promotes education and sustainable economic development through the arts.
Description
Founded in 2003 by educators and human service professionals, Art Aids Art serves South African women and children through programs in impoverished townships surrounding Cape Town. With our U.S. office based in Altadena, California, Art Aids Art's American activities focus on educating the public about South African culture and the HIV/AIDS crisis through presentations at schools, community centers and private home gatherings. Each year, the organization leads an intergenerational group of volunteers to Cape Town, home of our South African headquarters, to provide services through our own programs and in collaboration with participating South African organizations. In addition, Art Aids Art stimulates economic opportunity for South African artist collectives, purchasing artwork at Fair Trade prices and exhibiting it in the United States. Income from American art sales is reinvested into our projects in Cape Town. In this regard, working with Art Aids Art provides a unique experience of working with a nonprofit that also works like a small business. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Because of our small size and wide range of activities, we offer a wide variety of activities for volunteers, including: -staffing our public events, including interacting with the public, setting up displays, and providing information about our programs. -assisting us with a variety of art documentation, including: digital photo editing and graphic design, review and data entry of storytelling interviews, organization of photographs and art materials, assisting with intake and inventorying of handcrafts from Africa, etc.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
January 12, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours per week average